Cruz Cestero, Jose

Cruz Cestero, Jose was paid $11K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Apr 2019, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 64483, — 57% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoCRUZ CESTERO, JOSE
COTO LAUREL, PR 00780

33aNPI1437158466assigned 07/20/2005

33bProvider typePain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician

28Total paid$11K

24GClaims289

24DCodes billed6

24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Apr 2019

Compared with peers

Next to other Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in Puerto Rico

Rank by total paid#10 of 16

Median peer was paid$18K

This provider vs. median0.6×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider

By year, as a table

Year	Claims	Paid
2018	276	$11K
2019	13	$0.00

Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

Code	Service	Share	Claims	Bene. records	Paid
64483		57%	52	50	$6K
99214	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, moderate complexity	30%	162	162	$3K
99213	Doctor's office visit, returning patient (routine)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of an established patient, low complexity	9.3%	13	13	$1K
99204	Doctor's office visit, new patient (more involved)Office or other outpatient visit for the evaluation and management of a new patient, moderate complexity	2.4%	13	13	$263.25
J1040	Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg	1.4%	12	12	$153.68
99070		<1%	37	37	$100.00

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.